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nonelvis ([personal profile] nonelvis) wrote2008-09-02 01:33 pm
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Poll time!

In a little over six weeks, I'll be on a plane to England. Woo! Help me with my luggage, won't you?

[Poll #1252495]
Note that the design in question has absolutely nothing to do with terrorism or security. The mere fact that even have to think about whether it would be okay to bring it into an airport offends me, but that's life in the United States right now, at least until someone sane takes office.
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[identity profile] brewsternorth.livejournal.com 2008-09-02 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Funny story: someone (not me) decided to find out what the TSA was doing to hir luggage (google "bagcam" if you're interested) and put a hidden (tiny) camera in hir bag on a whole series of domestic flights.
Seemingly the TSA never noticed this. Some of the footage from the bagcam showed some very bored-looking TSA agents staffing assorted big scanning machines.

Rule of thumb is generally, unless it's a lock, the TSA is very much more interested on what's *inside* the bag than *outside* it. Which makes a certain sense.

[identity profile] otherwise-nyc.livejournal.com 2008-09-02 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think they'll care about the design. They won't notice.

However. I love my carry-on bag more than it is possible for most people to imagine loving a carry-on bag. I took it and a purse-ish thing to Germany -- that was it -- for a month's stay. But it's not too big! It's super comfy, and has TARDIS technology inside. :)

http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/500/TB0906

[identity profile] kalleah.livejournal.com 2008-09-03 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
I think they won't notice. Then again I was on a work trip a couple of years ago and flying out of San Francisco, and one of my dumbass coworkers shut down the entire security area because he had a biohazard sticker on his laptop. Fortunately, I was already with a group that was through security and in the bar.

[identity profile] mmancuso.livejournal.com 2008-09-03 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
I felt they wouldn't notice, and I'm not alone. Because the periodic table grid had been joked with a while that it has passed into what those wacky kids do. If there were weapons or drugs or biohazard glyphs, on the other hand, it might be asking for trouble.

Must go see the luggage cam.
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